Wojciech Albert Giewont

1884 - 1958  (74 years)

• Name	Wojciech Albert Giewont  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1 Apr 1884	Dzianisz, Galicia (Now Poland)   [1, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 1958	St. Vincent's Hospital, Erie, Erie, PA, USA   [6, 7]
  Burial	8 Aug 1958	St. James Cemetery, Crossingville, Chester, PA, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I8861	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Jedrzej Giewont   d. Aft 11 Feb 1925, Of Dzianisz, Galicy (Now Poland)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marja Zajac,   b. 9 May 1891, Pieniazkowice, Galicia (Now Poland) d. 29 Aug 1984, Edinboro Nursing Home, Edinboro, Erie, PA, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1907	Of Westmoreland Co., PA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Frank (Gavin) Giewont,   b. 12 Jan 1912, Thompson, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 May 1980 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Andrew Giewont,   b. 2 Aug 1914, Herbert, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA d. Feb 1977, , Augusta, VA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Stanley P. Giewont,   b. 7 Feb 1929, Edinboro d. Abt 2010, Pittsburgh (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Michael J. Giewont,   b. 14 Jun 1926, , Augusta, VA d. 10 Aug 1992, Of Union City, Erie, PA, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Albert L. Giewont,   b. 30 Apr 1919, , Augusta, VA d. 31 Jan 2000, Of Erie, Erie, PA, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Pauline Giewont,   b. 29 May 1921   d. Aft 1984, Of Wesleyville, Erie, PA, USA (Age > 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Charles T. Giewont,   b. 3 Jan 1931, Edinboro, Erie, PA, USA d. 5 Jan 2016, Of Edinboro, Erie, PA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Joseph John Gavin Giewont,   b. 27 Feb 1908, Lambert, Pennsylvania d. 5 Mar 1960, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Mary Giewont,   b. 3 Feb 1924, , Augusta, VA d. Aft 1994, Of Erie, Erie, PA, USA (Age > 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Agnes Giewont,   b. 9 Jan 1916, Ralph, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Oct 1975, Erie, Erie, PA, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Antionette Giewont,   b. 24 Feb 1908, , Westmoreland, PA, USA d. 1 Jan 1965 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. John V. Giewont,   b. 12 Feb 1918, Ralph, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aug 1977, , Erie, PA, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  There is only one Wojciech Gewont who emigrated through Ellis Island in the records. He is the correct age and from the correct area to be the original immigrant in this line. According to family tradition from Autumn Giewont's side of tily, he and his future wife both came over at different times while they were single. They met and married in Pennsylvania in 1907. According to the Ellis Island Internet site Wojciech was age 18 when he arrived on Apr 8, 1903 on the Prinzess Irene from Breman, Germany. His nationality is listed as Galicy (Galicia) which changed hands between Russia, Poland, Austria and Germany multiple times. His town of origin is listed as Dzianisz. This town is locate just 3 miles from Mount Giewont in the southern central tip of current day Poland! It is in the Nowy Sacz Administrative division of current day Poland near the major city of Zakopane. He changed his name to Albert in this country as that was the American translation for his name, Wojciech. The correct translation of Wojciech in our language is Adelbert, so it looks like he gave himself a more popular version of his American name. His emigration record asked him if he was meeting someone, and he stated that it was cousin, Tedr_ej Plasinski in Uniontown, PA, but it indicates that his cousin lived in Oliver, Pennsylvania. He and his wife by family tradition also returned to their homeland sometime after their marriage before coming back to Pennsylvania. Their arrival to America took place on Feb. 11, 1925. Their visa was issued in Warsaw. They were using their original names which were spelled Wojeiech and Marja Gewont. They traveled on the S.S. Zeeland from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. Their closest living relative whom they had visited was "father Jedrzej Gewont" in Dzianis, Poland. Their destination was Ralph, Pennsylvania. (G-1,2) According to granddaughter, Marilyn Turnage, Albert and his wife went back for several years to Poland where he worked in the Coal mines and Mary ran a Boarding house. In the 1940 census, he is listed at age 56 with his wife at age 40. They were both born in Poland. Their home was worth $3000.00 which seemed high compared to the value of the neighbors property. He was a farmer and worked 70 hours a week. He made $720.00 income in 1939 and this seemed about average compared to his neighbors. For citizenship of the foreign born, it says "N/A". These are the only persons with any mark on this column on this census page. They had children born in Pennsylvania named Mary, Mike, Stanley and Charles Giewont. According to his death record in 1958, he lived at R.D. 2, Edinboro, Pennsylvania before he died of a one day stay at St. Vincent's Hospital in in Erie, PA of Coronary Thrombus. His wife only listed his country of birth, Poland. She did not know his parent's names.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2169] New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 (www.ancestry.com). [S2171] Ellis Island Internet site at www.ellisisland.org. [S690] Dudick, Autumn Giewont, Interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick. [S684] Turnage, Marilyn, Email dated 2009 (mturnage11@yahoo.com). [S368] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 024451-027150. [S2170] Erie Co. PA Vital Records, Death Record for Albert Giewont on Aug. 6, 1968 (recorded on Aug. 23, 2001, File # 73781, Division of Vital Records, 101 S. Mercer St., P.O. Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103). [S685] Obituary of Mary Giewont.